Scarlet Spider, Ben Reilly
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Web-slinging {R}{G} (You may cast this spell for {R}{G} if you also return a tapped creature you control to its owner's hand.)
Trample
Sensational Save — If Scarlet Spider was cast using web-slinging, he enters with X +1/+1 counters on him, where X is the mana value of the returned creature.
What it does
Tagged as +1/+1 counters — the jobs the deck report counts it toward.
Keyword reminders
Official rulings
- You must follow all normal timing rules when casting a spell with web-slinging. For creatures, that usually means you must cast it during a main phase of your turn while the stack is empty. (2025-09-19)
- Web-slinging represents an alternative cost. If another effect allows you to play a card for a different alternative cost, including "without paying its mana cost," you can't also choose to pay its web-slinging cost. If any additional costs from other sources are applied, you must pay those. (2025-09-19)
- The creature you return must be tapped at the time you pay costs, but doesn't necessarily need to be tapped before you start casting the spell. For example, if you tap a creature with a mana ability to pay part of the spell's web-slinging cost, you could also return that creature to your hand to pay the cost. (2025-09-19)
- Use the mana value of the creature as it last existed on the battlefield to determine the value of X. If it had {X} in its mana cost, X is 0 when determining its mana value. (2025-09-19)
- If any permanent has an ability that triggers when the permanent you return leaves the battlefield, that ability will be put on the stack after you finish casting the spell, and it will resolve before that spell. (2025-09-19)
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